The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see
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The Marine Museum at Fall River is a cultural gem and contains a wealth of Fall River Maritime History especially Steam Ship and Titanic memorabilia. Discover the art, books, models and many treasures the Marine Museum holds. This is a must see resource for landlubbers and mariners alike.

Carol Gafford is a public librarian, family historian, amateur archivist and book savior. She is currently the youth services/outreach librarian at the Swansea Public Library and volunteers for several museum and historical societies including the Marine Museum at Fall River, the Swansea Historical Society and the Bristol Historical and Preservation society. She is the editor of Past Times, the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists and is always looking for a new project to take on.

In a move that’s been expected for a week, the NHL canceled all games through November, meaning a full 82-game schedule will now be impossible.

There’s been little movement on the labor front to end the lockout since both sides exchanged offers last week. The NHL had made a proposal that would have allowed a full schedule to begin Nov. 2. The NHLPA responded with three separate offers, but the league rejected them and there have been no formal talks since.

For the Bruins, they’ve now lost 22 games, over 26 percent of the schedule. That includes 13 home games, over 31 percent of the annual 41 dates at TD Garden.

Today’s announcement scrubbed 12 mores games off the Boston calendar. Included were a playoff rematch with the Capitals, a visit from the reconfigured Wild, and intriguing home games with Eastern Conference contenders in the Rangers, Penguins and Devils.

The Rangers game was the traditional Black Friday matinee and would have been televised nationally on NBC. Some had pointed to that game as a benchmark for when the lockout could end; the next big event league-wide is the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Jan. 1.

As the schedule currently lies, the Bruins would open Dec. 1 at home against Buffalo — but it’s probably wiser to write that in pencil at this point.